Paring-machine.



B. C. COONS.

PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.'25. 1913.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.,

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B. C.-CO0NS.

PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1913.

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PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26. 1913.

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PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1913.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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PARING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2a. 1913.

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BAKING-MACHINE.

Application filed April 26, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BURTON C. Coons, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Faring-Vlachines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates to fruit paring machines, and an object of the same is to provide a construction which will require a fewer number of parts for effecting the operations of the machine, will be less liable to get out of order, and will have greater adj ustability or adaptability in order to secure a better paring action.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a construction in which the extreme ends of the apples may be pared.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved fork reel construction which reduces the cost of manufacture of such reels.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved push-off device for stripping the pared apple from the supporting device or fork.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the erawings: Figure 1 is a front view of a machine constructed in accordance with the resent improvements; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the machine; Fig. 3 is a view of the driving end of the machine; Fig. e is a view of the opposite end of the machine, with parts in section to show the construction of the fork reel; Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the fork reel; Fig. 6 is a detail view of one of the reel arms; Fig. 7 is a section on the line aa Fig. 1 showing the knife adjustment, the turn-table being removed; Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view on the line Z)7), Fig. 1, giving further illustration of the knife adjustment; Fig. 9 is an enlarged plan view, showing the parts of the machine in proximity to the knife; Fig. 10 is a detail view showing the manner in which the knife operates to pare the ends of the apple; Fig. 11' is a detail section on the line c(= Fig. 2, showing the yielding support for the reel driving pinion; Fig. 12 is a longitudinal sectional view through the reel in proximity Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Serial No. 763,739.

to one of the forks; Fig. 13 is a detail View showing the manner of taking up wear in the driving connection between the drum and the reel operating mechanism; and Fig. 14 is a detail view showing the device for taking up for wear on the depending carriage-guiding arm.

In the illustrated embodiment of this invention, the main frame of the machine is in the form of a single casting embodying two upright portions connected near their lower ends by a horizontal portion 3 and at their upper ends by a horizontal portion. l which extends or projects at i to one side of the frame member 1 in order to support certain operati e parts of the machine to be described.

The supporting means for the fruit preferably embodies a rotatable fork reel secured by set screws 5 to a shaft 6 which is journaled in the upright pieces 1 and 2 and projects from both sides of the lower part of the main frame, the reel being secured to one of these projecting ends so that it lies to one side of the main frame and below the projecting portion r. These fork reels have, heretofore, been formed of a single casting so that a gig was required in order to drill them for the purpose of properly fitting the forks thereto and, even with this, some reels would shrink so much that they could not be used. In the present construction, this drilling is unnecessary as the bearings are entirely separate from the body portion of the reel, permitting them to be adjusted relativelv to said body portion for centering and avoiding a shrinking during casting which would affect their relative positions on the reel. This construction embodies a hub 7 having fins or arms .8 extending therefrom.

Each of these fins or arms has one of its side faces lying in a plane with one of the radii of the turning axis of the reel so that the body portion of the arm lies to one side of such radius. The bearings are adjustably connected to these arms and each preferably embodies two parts 9 and 10 secured together by bolts 11. The bearing member 10 is provided with an extension 12, formed with a plurality of bolt openings 13, for receiving bolts 14 which are anchored in the arms 8 of the reel body, said openings 13 be ing larger in diameter than the bolts in order to permit said bearings to be adjusted on the reel arms without removing such bearings. To permit the fork shaft 15 to turn with ease within the bearings, each of the latter is provided with a split brass sleeve 16 in which the fork shaft 15 turns. The fork 17 screws onto or is otherwise secured to one end of the fork shaft while at the other end of the fork shaft, a pinion 18 is secured by screw threads or otherwise. This pinion limits the longitudinal movement of the fork shaft in one direction and an arm 18 confines the pinion to hold the fork shaft against movement in the other direction.

Each of the forks may be provided with a stop 19 which preferably projects from and is integral with one of the bearing sections, being in the form of a shoulder partially surrounding the rear end of the fork. It will be noted that the stop shoulder 19 overlaps the end of the fork and, in this way, it

is possible to obtain proper anchorage for the fork upon the fork shaft and yet obtain a stop so located that the splitting of the apples is prevented.

with the purpose in view of rotating the reel periodically so that the forks may be successively brought to paring position, there is employed a mechanism of any suitable construction for accomplishing this purpose. In this instance, the projecting end of the shaft 6 at the side of the frame opposite that in which the reel is located, is provided with a combined stopping and driving member having arms 20, corresponding in numher to the number of forks on the reel, each arm being formed with a lateral projection 21 and having a hooked or recessed portion 22 in its plane. Cooperating with this stop and driving member is a disk 23 having a smooth periphery and a notch 24, together with a lateral projection 25. In operation, when the reel is not rotating, two of the proj ections 21 are engaging the smooth periphery of the disk 23, but, at a certain point in the movement of the disk, the projection 25 enters the notched portion 22 and shifts the three-armed member in the direction of the arrow, (Fig. 3) causing one of the projections 21 to enter the notch 24, the walls of which, by cooperating with the projection 21, complete the movement of the threearmed member until two of the projections 21 again cooperate with the smooth periphery of the disk 23.

The disk 23 is rotated constantly during the operation of the machine by any suitable mechanism. In this instance, a pinion 26 is rigidly secured thereto and this pinion 26 is driven from a pinion 27 which, in turn, is driven by a pinion 28 loosely mounted on the shaft 29 and driven in a manner to be hereinafter described. The pinions 26 and 27, together with the member 23,. are mounted on a bracket 23 adjust-ably connected by bolts and slots 23 with the main frame so that the member 23 may be shifted toward the three-armed member to take up for wear.

While the reel is stationary, one of its forks is rotated by a mechanism of suitable construction. In this instance, this mechanism is in the form of a pinion 30 arranged on a shaft 31 which turns in bearings 32 and 33 formed respectively on the frames 2 and 1, the bearing 33 opening laterally, as shown in Figs. 2 and 11 and the shaft being held therein by a suitably mounted spring which in this instance, is in the formof a leaf spring 34 bearing near its free end on the shaft and held to the main frame by screws 35 and 36. The screw 35 is headed and merely acts as a guide for the spring 34 by extending through an enlarged opening therein and tending to prevent sidewise movement of the spring which bears-at 38 on the main frame in proximity to said screw 35. The screw 36 is employed for tensioning the spring and engages the latter between its bearing point 38 and the shaft 31, having its head bearing against the spring. The purpose of this spring is to enable the shaft 31 to yield laterally so that, when the pinions 18 and 30 are not in proper positions to mesh, this meshing can be obtained by the lateral movement of the shaft without the breaking of the teeth of the pinions.

The driving of the shaft 31 may be effected in any suitable manner. In this instance, it carries the pinion 39 which meshes with a drive gear 40 secured to the drive shaft 41 which is journaled in the frame members 1 and 2. The .drive gear 40 has a clutch connection of any suitable kind, with a drive pulley 42, through which the whole machine is operated. A spring 39 is arranged between the pinion 39 and the frame to hold the shaft 31 against axial play.

Movable upon the main frame of the machine is a reciprocatory knife carriage. This carriage is preferably guided upon a guide bar which is in the form of a steel rod secured by set screws 44 within integral lugs 45 at the top of the machine, the carriage having guide lugs 46 integral therewith and operating upon the guide bar 43. This carriage operates on the rear side of the guide bar and has a depending arm 47, the lower end of which is guided upon the shaft 31, being bifurcated to straddle said shaft. The inner arm 48 of the bifurcation is adjustable, being in the form of a plate bolted at 48 to the integral portion of the depending member 47, this adjustment being provided for taking up for wear of parts as the carriage should be firm on its guides.

With the object in view of reciprocating the carriage, a driving member is provided in the form of a drum 49 which turns loosely on the shaft 29 and is provided with a con- 1 tinuous groove which is so formed that about one and one half rotations of the drum cause the carriage to move in one direction while one rotation effects the movement of the car riage in the other direction, the paring taking place during the first movement and the withdrawal of the coring device and the pushing off of the apple occurring on the other movement. The drum is, in this instance, an integral cast structure and has connection with the carriage through the medium of a floating or pivoted traveler 50 mounted upon an arm 51 on the carriage. The drum is rotated through the medium of a pinion 52 on the shaft 41 meshing with the gear 53 at one end of the drum. Through the medium of a sleeve, driving connection between the drum and the pinion 28 is established for the purpose of periodically rotating the reel shaft 6.

The reciprocatory carriage acts to support the paring knife and carry the latter longitudinally of the fork which supports the apple. In the present embodiment, a bracket 54 is secured to the carriage preferably by means of bolts which pass loosely through the bracket 54; and engage with the carriage. This arrangement permits the introduction of wedges or other pieces 56 between the bracket and the carriage for the purpose of tilting the latter and thus varying the position of the axis about which the knife turns. This bracket may be provided with perforated lugs 57 forming.

bearings for the knife turn-table now to be described. This turn-table preferably embodies a steel shaft 58 turning in the perforated lugs 57 and having two arms and 60, one arranged above and the other below the bracket lugs 57. The upper arm 59 may be bifurcated at 61 near its outer end, and the upper faces of the arms forming such bifurcation may be provided with alined grooves 62 for loosely receiving a pivot pin 63, said pivot pin having shoulders 64: at its ends to prevent longitudinal movement thereof. This pivot pin serves for removably supporting the knife 65 and its stock 66. The latter is in the from of a single piece of metal bent laterally to provide an extension 67, the bend between the extension and the stock receiving the pivot pin 63. A coil spring 68 is secured at its lower end within the eye at the free end of the arm 60, while the upper end of the spring 68 is adapted to engage in any one of the notches formed in the upper surface of the extension 67, said notches being so positioned that,

'when the spring is engaged in any one, the

tension is different from that when engaged in any other one. This spring also serves to maintain the pivot pin 63 in its seat 62 and in this way prevents the disconnection of the knife stock and its extension. It is impos sible to remove the knife stock until the pin 63\ is removed and the spring 68 is disconnected from the extension 67. As soon as the knife stock i thus freed, it drops out of connection with the arm 59 and may be withdrawn endwise through the slot 69 of the lower arm 60. It will be noticed that the slot in this arm is entirely inclosed so that it will be impossible for the knife stock to become disengaged therefrom. To limit the swinging movement of the knife toward the fork, an adjustable stop 101 is provided preferably in the form of an arm vertically ustable on the shaft 58 and held in its adjusted position by a set screw 102.

With the purpose in view of swinging the turn-table in order that the knife may turn in a path conforming to the shape of the apple, it is customary in this type of machines to employ a driving connection be tween the turn-table and the main frame. In this construction, this driving connection embodies a segmental gear 70 formed on the lower slotted arm 60, said arm also having fiat faces 71 on opposite sides thereof merging into the gear and converging from the gear. These converging faces 71 are one of the important features of this invention as by them a greater swinging movement of the turn-table is possible, thus permitting the paring of the extreme ends of the apples and doing away with the trimming of the apples by hand.

The segmental gear on the turn-table meshes with a plurality of teeth 72 on a bracket 73 which preferably has a central portion bolted to the frame of the machine on the rear side of the extension r Extending from the central portion in longitudinal alinement with and on opposite sides of the teeth are arms provided with guiding surfaces 7- which, after the teeth 7 2 are disengaged by the gear segments 70, are engaged by the converging guide faces 71 in order to hold the turn-table against turning while it is being brought up to one end of the knife and moved away from the other end.

The bracket 7 3 is adjustably connected to the main frame in order that it may be shifted longitudinally of the axis of the fork for the purpose of causing the turning action to occur sooner or later so that the machine may be accommodated to the size of the apples being pared. in this instance, the frame extension 4 is provided with horizontal slots 75 through which are passed bolts 76 which are anchored in the central portion of the bracket 73. If desired, washers 77 may be interposed between the bracket and the main frame in order to take up for wear between the turn-table and the bracket and also permit the angle of the guiding faces 74: to lie parallel with the turning axes of the forks.

Owing to the greater swinging movement of the turn-table, provision should be made for permitting this movement in the knife head, and to this end each of the fork bearings is cut away or flattened at 1O on the side on which the knife head operates so that the knife head may move to the bearing sleeve 16 which is the same in diameter as the fork and smaller than the coring spoon 81, thus permitting the paring of the apple to the core and doing away with hand trimming, and the trimming attachment.

The knife carriage also serves as a support for the corer and to this end the corer supporting frame 78 is pivoted to an extension 79 on the carriage at the point 80 and cooperates with the main frame in such a manner that the corer 81 is caused to travel in a straight line while nearing and leaving the apple and to tilt at the outer end of its movement. This action may be caused by a frame 82 mounted on the extension t of the main frame. The construction of this frame may be such that it is possible to reduce the frame extension 1* to a minimum length, thus reducing the amount of metal in the main frame.

The frame 82 has a longitudinal guide 83 arranged below the extension 1*. The frame 82 also has at its inner end a slotted extension 84: which is engaged by a bolt 85 to secure the frame 83 to the front face of the extension 4*. Projecting upwardly from an intermediate portion of the frame 82 is an arm 86 slotted to straddle a bolt 87 which is anchored in the end of the guide rod 43. The slotted extension 8 1 and the slotted extension 86 serve for adjusting the guide 83 in order to take up wear between the guide and the corer frame and as the arm 86 has a vertical face abutting the vertical end of the frame extension, these faces always maintain the guide 83 in a horizontal plane. The outer end of the frame 82 projects beyond the extension 1 and, in this way, it is possible to reduce the weight of the main frame by shortening said extension. Near the outer end of the frame 82, a lateral stop or shoulder 88 is provided for cooperating with an upward extension 89 on the corer frame 78 when said corer frame is carried outwardly, thereby causing the corer frame to swing about its axis 80 when the rear or outer end of the guide 83 is reached.

For the purpose of providing still fur ther adjustment in the corer 81, the latter is secured to the frame 78 by means of a bracket 90 which is provided with a horizontal portion 91 formed with upwardlyopening horizontal slots 92 which receive screw bolts 93 depending from the under surface of the corer frame 78. The slots 92 extend transversely of the longitudinal axis 'of the corer and thus permit the sidewise adjustment of the bracket 90. This arrangement permits the interposition of washers 94; between the corer frame 78 and the bracket 90. This adjustment between the corer bracket or holder and the corer frame is such that it prevents any play of the bracket on the corer frame while, at the same time, it is easy to manipulate the same, thus adapting the machine to the mechanical knowledge or, more exactly, lack of mechanical knowledge on the part of the user of the machine. Also arranged on the reciprocatory carriage is the dofling device for removing the fruit from the corer. This preferably consists of an arm 95 depending from the carriage extension 79 being se cured to the latter by a bolt 96 which, when loosened, permits the swinging of the arm 95 to adjust the latter relatively to the corer 81. This dofiing device is arranged on a side of the carriage extension 79 opposite that on which the corer frame 78 operates.

Another important feature of this invention is the push-off device for removing the apple from the fork. This push-off device may be used with or without the corer as in some canning factories apples are not cored. This push-off device is arranged on the knife carriage as distinguished from the main frame of the machine and it is so mounted on the carriage that, during the paring operation, it travels past the apple on the fork without affecting the position of the apple on the fork, but, during the movement of the knife carriage in the other direction, it cooperates with the apple to strip or remove the same from the fork. Preferably, said push-off is in the form of a gravity operated arm 97 arranged at an inclination to the vertical and pivoted at 98 to the carriage extension 79 its upper end cooperating with the carriage to limit its downward movement. With this arrangement, when the carriage moves inwardly on the paring operation, the arm 97 drags over the apple without affecting the position of the apple on the fork, but, during the out ward movement of the carriage, for returning the knife, the push-off engages the inner end of the apple and strips it from the fork. When a corer is used, as in the present construction, the push-off tends, during the outward movement of the corer, to hold the apple to the corer until the latter tilts about its axis 80, when the doffer acts on the other end of the apple and clears the corer.

The machines may be provided with a core dofling or removing mechanism of any suitable type. A simple construction is herein illustrated embodying a longitudinally movable rod 99 extending axially through the fork and its shaft and adapted to project from the inner end of the shaft in proximity to the upright 1 of the main frame. The main frame is provided with a stationary cam surface 100 which engages theprojecting ends of the core rods on the turning of the reel and causes the ejection of the cores.

The operation of the machine will be understood from the foregoing, but it may be summarized as follows: An apple is placed upon the fork 17 which is being driven by the pinion 30 and the paring knife is started on its operation about the apple, the carria 'e moving the knife longitudinally of the fork, the knife turn-table swinging on the carriage, the knife, of course, swinging 011 the turn-table about the pivot 63 to accommodate itself to the size of the apple. About the time the paring is completed, the corer 81 enters the apple and the push-off 97 is traveling over the apple. After the corer and push-0E reach the limits of their inward nrovements, their return movements begin, the push-off 97 during such movement stripping the apple from the fork 17 and carrying it along with the corer 81 beyond the outer end of the fork and until the corer shifts upon its pivot 80 so that the doffer 95 will strip the apple from the corer. During the outward movement of the carriage, the knife is returned to its original position ready for another operation.

A paring machine constructed in accordance with this invention provides all the operations of a modern paring machine with a fewer number of parts. Greater adjustability and greater wearing properties have been obtained. The reel construction is such that it is possible to make the same without the use of a gig for boring the bearings for the forks and simple adjustments are provided by which the forks may be positively alined with the coring spoon. Provision is made for taking up the wear in the connection between the reel and the drum which drives the knife carriage. All wear may also be taken up to prevent loose play of the knife carriage on the main frameof the machine. The breaking of the teeth of the pinions on the fork shafts is obviated. Provision is made for shifting the point of turning of the turn-table in order that the knife may cooperate with both ends of the apple. The knife has a greater swinging movement so that it will pare both ends of the apple up to the core opening, thus dispensing with trimmer attachments or with hand labor heretofore employed for this purpose. The knife stock is connected to the turn-table in such a manner that simplicity is secured and ease of removal obtained while, at the same time, accidental displacement is prevented. The guide for the corer frame is so constructed and arranged that it automatically levels itself and at the same time permits the shortening of the frame extension which usually supports the corer. The corer holder is connected to its supporting frame in such a manner that adjustastruction and operation and gives eflectiveness with simplicity.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a paring machine, a fork reel comprising a reel body, and sectional fork bearings separate from the reel body and bolted thereto.

2. In a paring machine, a fork reel comprising a reel body having arms formed with fiat side faces, and fork bearings separate from the reel body and having extensions formed with flat side faces bolted in engagement with the fiat side faces of the arms of the body.

3. In a paring machine, a fork reel comprising a reel body having arms formed with flat side faces arranged on the radii of the reel, and fork bearings, each formed of two sections, one of which is provided with an extension having a flat face bolted to the flat face of one of the arms.

4. In a paring machine, the combination with a two-part fork bearing one of which is removably bolted tothe other, a fork shaft turning therein, a fork having screw threaded engagement with the shaft beyond the end of the bearing, and a fruit stop rigid with one removable part of the bearing and projecting therefrom to overlap a portion of the fork. v

5. In a paring machine, the combination with a knife turn-table embodying a bifurcated arm having the upper face of its bifurcated portion provided with alined grooves, of a pivot pin bridging the bifurcated portion and resting in said grooves, and a knife stock carrying a knife, having a lateral extension at its upper end and bearing on the pivot pin at the juncture of the extension and the main portion of the stock.

6. In a paring machine, the combination with a knife turn-table embodying an upper arm bifurcated at its outer end, a lower arm provided with an incloscd slot, and a removable pivot pin bridging the bifurcated end of the upper arm, of a knife having a stock and an extension of uniform width, supported by the pivot pin within the bifurcated end of the upper arm and working within the inclosed slot of the lower arm, and a spring secured to the lower arm and detachably connected to the upper arm.

7. In a paring machine, the combination with a knife turn-table comprising an upper arm bifurcated at its outer end and having the upper faces of the arms of the bifurcation formed with alined grooves, a headed pivot pin resting in said grooves and bridging the space between the arms, and a lower slotted arm, of a knife stock formed from a single piece of material of uniform width and bent laterally near its upper end, the bent portion bearing upon the pivot pin and the lower main portion of the stock working in the inclosed slot in the lower arm, and a spring secured to the lower arm and ad ustably and detachably secured to the lateral I extension of the knife stock.

" andv with guide faces extending on opposite sides of the teeth for engagement by the converging faces on the turn-table, and a knife on the turn-table.

9. In a paring machine, the combination with a main frame and a knife carriage movable thereon, of a knife turn-table mounted upon the carriage and embodying a slotted guide arm having teeth on the end in proximity to its turning axis and converging side faces on opposite sides leading from the teeth, a knife stock pivoted to the turn-table and operating in the guide arm, teeth arranged on the'main frame and cooperating with the teeth on the turn-table I and guide faces arranged on the main frame in a horizontal plane with the teeth for cooperation with the converging guide faces on the turn-table.

10. In a paring machine, the combination with the main frame, of a knife carriage mounted to reciprocate thereon, a knife on said carriage, a fork supported by the main frame for holding the fruit during paring, a

corer frame having a horizontally presented face, provided with vertical bolt openings, a corer holder having a horizontally presented face provided with transversely extending slots, and bolts passing through said slots and engaging with the bolt openings in the corer frame.

11. In a paring machine, the combination with a main frame having a horizontal extension and a knife carriage mounted to reciprocate thereon, of a knife carried by said carriage, a fork supported by the main frame below the horizontal extension, a. corer frame carrying a corer and pivotally mounted on the carriage, and guiding means for the corer frame embodying a guide member having an arm adjustably secured to the extreme outer end of the horizontal extension, and a portion extending inwardly and adjustably secured to the side of the extension and a bolt having its axis extending in the direction of the movement of the carriage to draw the arm into firm engagement with the outer end of the horizontal extension.

12. In a paring machine, the combination with a main frame having a horizontal,

extension, 2. reciprocatory knife carriage mounted for movement on said frame and a knife on the carriage, of a corer frame pivotally mounted on the knife carriage, a vertically adjustable guide member for the corer frame having a portion provided with a face lying transversely of the movement of the carriage and abutting a like face on the horizontal extension and a bolt having its length extending in the direction of the movement of the carriage to draw said faces into firm engagement.

13. In a paring machine, the combination with a fork for supporting the fruit during paring, of a push-off device mounted to pass the fruit when moved in one direction and strip the fruit from the fork when moved in the other direction.

14. In a paring machine, the combination with a fork for supporting fruit during paring, of a reciprocatory carriage movable longitudinally of the fork, and a push-off device movably mounted on the carriage and adapted to travel over the fruit when the carriage is moved in one direction and to strip the fruit from the fork when the carriage is moved in the other direction.

15. In a paring machine the combination with a fork for supporting the fruit during paring, and a paring mechanism for operating on fruit on said fork, of a reciprocatory carriage for operating the paring mechanism, a corer mounted on the carriage and carried by the latter to the fruit on the fork, and a push-off loosely mounted on the carriage to drag over the fruit during the penetration of the latter by the corer and strip the fruit from the fork upon the withdrawal of the corer.

16. In a paring machine, the combination with a paringmechanism, of a reciprocatory carriage for operating the paring mechanism, a corer mounted on the carriage, and a push-off movably mounted on the carriage to travel past the fruit when the corer is moved to enter the fruit and to remove the fruit from the fork as the corer is withdrawn.

17 In a paring machine, the combination with a frame, of a fork arranged thereon for supporting fruit during the paring, of a carriage movable longitudinally of the fork, a push-off device pivotally mounted on the carriage and adapted to drag over the fruit when moved in one direction and to strip the fruit from the fork when moved in the other direction.

18. In a paring machine, the combination with a main frame and a fork mounted on the main frame for supporting the fruit table mounted on the carriage and driven by cooperation with the main frame, and a pusho'lf mounted on the reciprocatory carriage and adapted to pass freely by the fruit when the carriage is moved in one direction and to engage the fruit and strip the same from the fork when the carriage is moved in the other direction.

19. In a paring machine, the combination with a main frame and a fork mounted on the main frame for supporting the fruit during the paring, of a reciprocatory carriage mounted on the main frame, a knife turntable mounted on the carriage and driven by cooperation with the main frame, a pivotaUy mounted corer frame mounted on the carriage and swung on its pivot at the end ranged to strin the fruit from the corer on 20 the pivotal movement of such corer.

BURTON C. COONS. Witnesses HARoLD H. SIMMs, ADA M. W'HITMORE.

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